Top List
The first window is the Top List, which has six columns, with the first three columns for Nasdaq highest volume, highest gainers and highest losers. The other three columns are for listed exchanges (New York Stock Exchange or NYSE, and the NYSE American (formerly the American Stock Exchange/AMEX)). This list provides a good overview of the stocks that are in play that day, and it is being constantly updated. Not all of the stocks that are on the Top List are necessarily tradeable for us day traders though. Often, many famous companies like Apple, Facebook, Bank of America, Microsoft, GE, Ford, etc. are listed because their stocks are always being heavily traded by institutions and Wall Street. Figure 2.2 below is a screenshot of my Top List window.
Figure 2.2 - Top List window in the DAS platform.
If instead of using DAS, you are using a different trading platform, there may be a similar window that shows the overall market activity and active stocks.
Table of contents
- DISCLAIMER:
- Table of Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: The Trading Tools and Platform
- Chapter 3: Building Your Trading Watchlist
- Chapter 4: Support and Resistance Levels
- Chapter 5: Price Action, Candlesticks and Trade Management
- Chapter 6: Advanced Day Trading Strategies
- Chapter 7: Risk and Account Management
- Chapter 8: Conclusion and Final Words
- Glossary